3e9f638ead596084cf3484ab22822090fbe58979bbf18c16ac95828bb73d02ee

Analysis

max time kernel
148s
max time network
140s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
submitted
28/09/2026, 04:28

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General

Target
DeviceSelector.exe
Size 723KB
Sample260928-e3t8dawthy
SHA256 3e9f638ead596084cf3484ab22822090fbe58979bbf18c16ac95828bb73d02ee
MD5 58f01e773724c57a7a994c3c96e28b0b
SHA1 8b27897a8e9abc048952b32684f42b66b08c41ed
SHA512 5818036af2b35bc94f0922dd364a1584c41ff622d2b8aa46f6d0a09c5806fa99b74313ce3a9a23b434621b5a4039d91e02d5ba7a9701aadf5463c7415868df18
SSDEEP 12288:1u+7UxQruoiRuTY1D4jKZ8fFsqg30d5Z8f:1u+7UerxK4uk/g3E5k
TLSH
T116F49E16B7F92199F1ABD23E87578112EB3378494332978B5785BD740E226C9AE3F700
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

7^/10

persistence privilege_escalation

Malware Config

Signatures

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-895009113-1202185046-1686627690-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	DeviceSelector.exe

Event Triggered Execution: Component Object Model Hijacking 1 TTPs
Adversaries may establish persistence by executing malicious content triggered by hijacked references to Component Object Model (COM) objects.
persistence privilege_escalation

Component Object Model Hijacking
T1546.015
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

Modifies registry class 37 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EC1CC9CE-FAED-4822-828A-82A81A6F018F}\FriendlyName = "EqualizerAPO"	regsvr32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EC1CC9CE-FAED-4822-828A-82A81A6F018F}\MajorVersion = "1"	regsvr32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EC1CC9CE-FAED-4822-828A-82A81A6F018F}\MinInputConnections = "1"	regsvr32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EACD2258-FCAC-4FF4-B36D-419E924A6D79}\MaxInstances = "4294967295"	regsvr32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{EACD2258-FCAC-4FF4-B36D-419E924A6D79}\InprocServer32	regsvr32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EC1CC9CE-FAED-4822-828A-82A81A6F018F}\MinOutputConnections = "1"	regsvr32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EACD2258-FCAC-4FF4-B36D-419E924A6D79}	regsvr32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EACD2258-FCAC-4FF4-B36D-419E924A6D79}\MaxOutputConnections = "1"	regsvr32.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EACD2258-FCAC-4FF4-B36D-419E924A6D79}\APOInterface0 = "{FD7F2B29-24D0-4B5C-B177-592C39F9CA10}"	regsvr32.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{EC1CC9CE-FAED-4822-828A-82A81A6F018F}\InprocServer32\ThreadingModel = "Both"	regsvr32.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EC1CC9CE-FAED-4822-828A-82A81A6F018F}\Copyright = "Copyright (C) 2015"	regsvr32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EC1CC9CE-FAED-4822-828A-82A81A6F018F}\MinorVersion = "0"	regsvr32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EC1CC9CE-FAED-4822-828A-82A81A6F018F}\NumAPOInterfaces = "1"	regsvr32.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EC1CC9CE-FAED-4822-828A-82A81A6F018F}\APOInterface0 = "{FD7F2B29-24D0-4B5C-B177-592C39F9CA10}"	regsvr32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EACD2258-FCAC-4FF4-B36D-419E924A6D79}\MinInputConnections = "1"	regsvr32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EACD2258-FCAC-4FF4-B36D-419E924A6D79}\MaxInputConnections = "1"	regsvr32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EACD2258-FCAC-4FF4-B36D-419E924A6D79}\NumAPOInterfaces = "1"	regsvr32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{EC1CC9CE-FAED-4822-828A-82A81A6F018F}\InprocServer32	regsvr32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EC1CC9CE-FAED-4822-828A-82A81A6F018F}	regsvr32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EACD2258-FCAC-4FF4-B36D-419E924A6D79}\MajorVersion = "1"	regsvr32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{EC1CC9CE-FAED-4822-828A-82A81A6F018F}	regsvr32.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{EC1CC9CE-FAED-4822-828A-82A81A6F018F}\ = "EqualizerAPO Post-Mix Class"	regsvr32.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{EC1CC9CE-FAED-4822-828A-82A81A6F018F}\InprocServer32\ = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\EqualizerAPO.dll"	regsvr32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EC1CC9CE-FAED-4822-828A-82A81A6F018F}\MaxInputConnections = "1"	regsvr32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EC1CC9CE-FAED-4822-828A-82A81A6F018F}\MaxInstances = "4294967295"	regsvr32.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EACD2258-FCAC-4FF4-B36D-419E924A6D79}\Copyright = "Copyright (C) 2015"	regsvr32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EACD2258-FCAC-4FF4-B36D-419E924A6D79}\MinorVersion = "0"	regsvr32.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{EACD2258-FCAC-4FF4-B36D-419E924A6D79}\ = "EqualizerAPO Pre-Mix Class"	regsvr32.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{EACD2258-FCAC-4FF4-B36D-419E924A6D79}\InprocServer32\ = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\EqualizerAPO.dll"	regsvr32.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EACD2258-FCAC-4FF4-B36D-419E924A6D79}\FriendlyName = "EqualizerAPO"	regsvr32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EACD2258-FCAC-4FF4-B36D-419E924A6D79}\Flags = "13"	regsvr32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{EACD2258-FCAC-4FF4-B36D-419E924A6D79}	regsvr32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects	regsvr32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EC1CC9CE-FAED-4822-828A-82A81A6F018F}\Flags = "13"	regsvr32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EC1CC9CE-FAED-4822-828A-82A81A6F018F}\MaxOutputConnections = "1"	regsvr32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{EACD2258-FCAC-4FF4-B36D-419E924A6D79}\MinOutputConnections = "1"	regsvr32.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{EACD2258-FCAC-4FF4-B36D-419E924A6D79}\InprocServer32\ThreadingModel = "Both"	regsvr32.exe

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2976	DeviceSelector.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2976 wrote to memory of 2004	2976	DeviceSelector.exe	89

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DeviceSelector.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DeviceSelector.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2976
- C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe" /s "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\EqualizerAPO.dll"
  2⤵
  - Modifies registry class
  PID:2004

C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE
C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE 0x518 0x51c
1⤵
PID:4320

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Event Triggered Execution

T1546

Component Object Model Hijacking

T1546.015

Privilege Escalation

Event Triggered Execution

T1546

Component Object Model Hijacking

T1546.015

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

memory/2976-1-0x000002A2EFFD0000-0x000002A2EFFE0000-memory.dmp

Download

memory/2976-0-0x00007FFAEC650000-0x00007FFAECC7E000-memory.dmp